| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 13 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 328 | 19,850 | running | 3 | 180 |
| 2 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 328 | 14,750 | running | 61 | 175 |
| 3 | 9 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 328 | 9,750 | running | 18 | 170 |
| 4 | 10 | 98 | Dale Earnhardt | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 327 | 7,500 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 5 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Oldsmobile | 327 | 9,000 | running | 14 | 160 |
| 6 | 2 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 325 | 8,200 | running | 3 | 155 |
| 7 | 8 | 12 | Harry Gant | Black Diamond Coal (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 325 | 4,800 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 323 | 9,700 | running | 67 | 147 |
| 9 | 15 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) | Chevrolet | 322 | 5,900 | running | 11 | 143 |
| 10 | 12 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 320 | 3,100 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 30 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 319 | 2,700 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 19 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Mercury | 317 | 3,330 | crash | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 18 | 92 | Terry Labonte | Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 317 | 3,020 | crash | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 16 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 317 | 2,910 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 40 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 317 | 2,740 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 317 | 3,530 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 22 | 37 | Dave Watson | Ams Oil (Dave Watson) | Chevrolet | 316 | 1,600 | crash | 0 | |
| 18 | 28 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 316 | 1,600 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 24 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 314 | 2,320 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 34 | 8 | Ferrel Harris | L.R. Cook (Robert Gee) | Chevrolet | 314 | 1,950 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 6 | 27 | Buddy Baker | Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 311 | 11,565 | engine | 151 | 110 |
| 22 | 35 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Oldsmobile | 310 | 1,505 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 21 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 310 | 1,470 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 25 | 75 | Butch Mock | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 310 | 1,125 | running | 0 | |
| 25 | 32 | 84 | Skip Manning | Valvoline (Blackie Wangerin) | Mercury | 308 | 1,050 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 36 | 81 | Ed Negre | Jones Chrysler-Plymouth (Ed Negre) | Chrysler | 303 | 960 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 26 | 4 | Gary Myers | Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | Chevrolet | 299 | 900 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 7 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 298 | 4,440 | crash | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 29 | 97 | Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones | Ford | 298 | 830 | running | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 17 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 285 | 1,320 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 37 | 74 | Tommy Gale | Bobby Wawak | Chevrolet | 253 | 700 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 4 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 246 | 1,190 | oil line | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 38 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 172 | 1,180 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 14 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 137 | 4,370 | crash | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 23 | 48 | Al Holbert | Southland Industries (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 119 | 1,160 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 31 | 05 | Bruce Hill | Bearfinder (Harry Clary) | Oldsmobile | 92 | 940 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 20 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) | Oldsmobile | 80 | 630 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 33 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Krystal (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 41 | 620 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 3 | 54 | Lennie Pond | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 5 | 3,810 | rear end | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 39 | 0 | John Kennedy | Spohn's Body Shop (John Kennedy) | Ford | 0 | 600 | did not start | 0 | |
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